Quirino Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Hey all. I'll soon start a playthrough on FE3 book 2 and I don't know all those characters. In the past I've always been using FAQs to determine which team I would use, but now I want to do a playthrough without those FAQs. Now my question is, how can I recognize characters which have potential and are good? I don't want to hear which is the best team, but I don't want to end up with bad characters either. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Take a good look at their eyes and you'll know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentASM Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I usually go for the "good looking" teen characters or characters who look like they fall into an archetype (eg. Nabarl). If the character doesn't gain many stats for 5 or so Levels, or I see a new character whose around the same Level, but with better stats, they get dumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darros Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 If they're old, chances are they're crappy. If they're young, chances are they're tanky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Use Anyone from Chap. 1 through about chap. 7. Then ditch all the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darros Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Use Anyone from Chap. 1 through about chap. 7. Then ditch all the others. Unless their names are Cain, Minerva, or Merric. Also anyone is too vague. A few earlygame characters aren't too great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 If they're old, chances are they're crappy. If they're young, chances are they're tanky. Oh, so Lena and every other young Mage are tanky because they are young? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darros Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Oh, so Lena and every other young Mage are tanky because they are young? Book 1 Lena, she has like no play time in book 2 <_< Yubello has growths. Level him a bit. Malleisa and Yumina are and they have special staves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Being good = Tanky? Last time I saw Barth was pretty low at the FE6 tier list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Sage Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Yubello has growths. Level him a bit. Yuebello's start is also meh. And doesn't have a special tome. Also you get Linda earlier who has Rezire and Aura and you get Merric later with Excalibur and Wendell has great staff utility and requires no training. Basically any character can become good in FE3 Book 2 due to the existance of Star Orb fragments. The best character in the game though would be Paola. She is just godly. Like, Titania godly. Arran is pretty useful early on because of high move and durability (only hope of getting the Lady Sword really), but I suggest you drop him a bit, as he's one of the few exceptions to the rule that Orb fragments make anyone good. He just becomes average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuffPuff Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Almost anyone who are prepromos end up crappy. Avoid em. Use most of the characters that start of with good base stats. Characters that won't require much babying. Even if their stats are crap, that's what the stat up items are there for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Most good characters from book 1 are still good in book 2. Bad ones don't seem to have gotten any better either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quirino Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 (edited) Thanks for your advice everyone. One more question, everyone says Doga's bad in FE1 and good in FE3, but the growths are exactly the same, except for luck in both games. It's not his archtype of early armor knight because Gilliam's pretty good in the Sacred Stones :) Edited January 21, 2011 by Quirino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Thanks for your advice everyone. One more question, everyone says Doga's bad in FE1 and good in FE3, but the growths are exactly the same, except for luck in both games. It's not his archtype of early armor knight because Gilliam's pretty good in the Sacred Stones :) Well, star shards let you fix growths in Book 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondon151 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Almost anyone who are prepromos end up crappy. Avoid em. Sirius? Minerva? Even Abel's bases and growths are pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quirino Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 OK. One more question (again), I don't understand one thing really. In FE1 I used Oguma and he turns out great in the end, but I see at his growth rates and they do not seem that spectacular to me. Pretty low skill and defense growths and most of the other are on average or slightly above. How can he then still be so good? Or do I see something wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodykitty Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 (edited) First off, growth rates are overrated when judging a character unless they're abnormally high. Secondly, Oguma's growths are decent. 30% Def growth is actually too much in my book and 40% Str improves his Str base. Edited January 21, 2011 by Super FE3 Player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furby Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Ever been to a dog show, or seen one in a movie? You know when the judge reaches inbetween the dogs legs and fondles their junk? Whatever the hell they're looking for is the mark of a good character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darros Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Ever been to a dog show, or seen one in a movie? You know when the judge reaches inbetween the dogs legs and fondles their junk? Whatever the hell they're looking for is the mark of a good character. LOL! What kind of dog shows do you go to? XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celice Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 First off, growth rates are overrated when judging a character unless they're abnormally high. Secondly, Oguma's growths are decent. 30% Def growth is actually too much in my book and 40% Str improves his Str base. In addition, 'Good' pretty much depends on your playstyle. Making mistakes as a norm, you'd probably want characters who won't die in a hit or two. If you're pretty settled in how to go about your business, you could use crappy characters and still have a good run. Pure statistics will give you a raw value, but that value is affected by how the player actually plays :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quirino Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Ever been to a dog show, or seen one in a movie? No, I haven't. :P But thanks for your answers. I understand everything now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted35362 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Hot characters are never bad except for Isadora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Sage Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 1. Doga is bad in FE1 because he can't promote. Period. For some retarded reason, Armors could not promote to Generals and Hunters could not promote to Horseman. This meant Doga, Kashim, Roger, Dolph, and Macellan were bad. 2. Oguma (and this applies for Dieck as well in FE6) actually don't have that good growths, but they're still decent and the reason why they're so good is because of bases and Weapon Ranks. Good bases and decent growths can save a character better than crappy bases and good growths, particularly when jointime is involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekkah Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Doga is pretty awful. He has like 1 movement through forest patches, can't cross mountains, and can't keep up with anyone even on straight plains or castle floors. From the first chapter, only Marth and maybe one of the Cavaliers is worth raising, and that's a big maybe. Sirius, Linda, Ogma, Navarre, Paola, Castor, Merric, Catria, maybe Sheeda, those are the characters you want. While statistics don't matter as much as in other games because of the shards, having to rely on them to get good is still annoying, since they can only be on one guy at a time, and you don't have infinite. You can hardly go wrong in this game though, the enemies aren't very threatening, staying at level 1 for long, long times, and the EXP gain is extreme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Sage Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Except for the chapter with the Ice Dragons and Silver Axe Pirates. I despise that chapter. The second chapter can be a little rough since the boss moves, has a Ridersbane, and high defense. Though you do get three bow users so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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